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CVE-2008-3732 (GCVE-0-2008-3732)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-20 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:53
VLAI
Summary
Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/tta.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTA file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6252 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30718 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/31512 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.16.txt x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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Date Public
2008-08-16 00:00
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  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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